{"id":64632,"date":"2025-08-07T08:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64632\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:11:12","slug":"padres-interested-in-mason-miller-continuing-to-pursue-jarren-duran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64632\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Interested In Mason Miller, Continuing To Pursue Jarren Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Padres continue to lurk on some of the top potential trade candidates. Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic<\/a> wrote this afternoon that San Diego remains enamored with Red Sox left fielder\u00a0Jarren Duran<\/a>. Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic<\/a> write that the Friars are involved on Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan<\/a> as well. Lin and Rosenthal also report that the Padres have interest in A\u2019s flamethrower\u00a0Mason Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Miller remains a long shot trade candidate but would be one of the most impactful arms available if the A\u2019s seriously consider dealing him. Rosenthal reported this afternoon that the Phillies, Mets and Yankees had all been in touch with the A\u2019s. The Phils and Mets were evidently deterred by the asking price. Philadelphia went on to acquire\u00a0Jhoan Duran<\/a>, while the Mets added\u00a0Ryan Helsley<\/a>. The Yankees have not pivoted to a different late-game weapon. However, SNY\u2019s Andy Martino<\/a> suggested this evening that the A\u2019s asking price was high enough that talks with the Yanks had yet to become especially serious.<\/p>\n

The Padres have two prospects on Baseball America\u2019s<\/a> most recent Top 100 update: infielder\u00a0Leo De Vries<\/a> at #5 and catcher\u00a0Ethan Salas<\/a> at #65. They\u2019d previously been reluctant to part with either player. Salas\u2019 stock has dipped in recent months, largely because of a back injury that has kept him on the minor league injured list since late April. Salas is still a very good prospect, but De Vries is the clear top talent in the system.<\/p>\n

San Diego could have a tough time acquiring an impact player with multiple years of control unless they\u2019re willing to put De Vries on the table. Rosenthal and Lin write that the Padres are at least willing to discuss De Vries and Salas in trade conversations. It stands to reason they\u2019d prefer to build a package around the latter, but his injury might make that difficult right now.<\/p>\n

MassLive\u2019s Sean McAdam<\/a> suggested last week that the Red Sox rebuffed a framework built around Salas and\u00a0Dylan Cease<\/a> in talks on Jarren Duran. McCaffrey suggested today that Boston would be more open to building a Duran package around Cease and De Vries. That might be a bridge too far for San Diego.<\/p>\n

The Padres\u2019 interest in Miller comes as the Friars are simultaneously considering trading away MLB pitching. They\u2019ve been open to offers on Cease for a few days, listening on the impending free agent starter while separately acquiring controllable pitching. There\u2019d be a similar logic in shopping closer Robert Suarez<\/a>, who may opt out of the remaining two years and $16MM on his contract. Jon Heyman of The New York Post<\/a> relayed this morning that Suarez is indeed in play in talks with other clubs. (As impending free agents, neither Cease nor Suarez would be of any interest to the A\u2019s.)<\/p>\n

San Diego could try to arrange a Suarez deal while making a push for Miller to replace him in the ninth inning. Rosenthal and Lin also float the possibility of the Padres stretching Miller back out as a starting pitcher. That\u2019d be a very difficult ask midseason but could be more viable next spring. Miller moved to the bullpen because of a concerning injury history that included shoulder and elbow issues. Throwing as hard as he does puts plenty of stress on a pitcher\u2019s arm. Still, the upside of returning Miller to a rotation role would be tantalizing. The Padres have had success with Seth Lugo<\/a>,\u00a0Michael King<\/a>\u00a0and (to a much lesser extent)\u00a0Stephen Kolek<\/a> as reliever to rotation conversions. Cease and King are impending free agents, and there\u2019s not much in the way of controllable starting pitching to go around.<\/p>\n

None of this is to say that San Diego making a blockbuster acquisition is likely. The A\u2019s control Miller for four and a half seasons. They\u2019re not going to trade him for anything less than a monster haul. It\u2019d take a bigger return than what the Phillies sent to Minnesota<\/a> for two and a half years of control over Jhoan Duran: top 100 catching prospect\u00a0Eduardo Tait<\/a> and young starter\u00a0Mick Abel<\/a>. That\u2019s probably also true for Jarren Duran and Kwan, All-Star caliber outfielders who are controllable for multiple seasons. A lot could hinge on De Vries, but if the Padres are genuinely willing to consider dealing one of the 10 or so best prospects in the sport, that\u2019d open plenty of opportunities for a huge swing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Padres continue to lurk on some of the top potential trade candidates. Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[37404,47690,28642,47691,37886,363,12944,99,12948],"class_list":["post-64632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-dylan-cease","tag-ethan-salas","tag-jarren-duran","tag-leodalis-de-vries","tag-mason-miller","tag-mlb","tag-robert-suarez","tag-sports","tag-steven-kwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}